#!/usr/bin/env node // Shared Ponytail instruction builder for Claude hooks and Pi extension. const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); const { DEFAULT_MODE, normalizeMode, normalizePersistedMode } = require('./ponytail-config'); const INDEPENDENT_MODES = new Set(['review']); const SKILL_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'skills', 'ponytail', 'SKILL.md'); function filterSkillBodyForMode(body, mode) { const effectiveMode = normalizeMode(mode) || DEFAULT_MODE; const withoutFrontmatter = String(body || '').replace(/^---[\s\S]*?---\s*/, ''); // Only the intensity table rows and worked examples are mode-specific, and // both are keyed by a mode name (lite/full/ultra). A bullet whose label is // not a mode — e.g. "No unrequested abstractions: ..." — is a normal rule // and must be kept verbatim. return withoutFrontmatter .split(/\r?\n/) .filter((line) => { const tableLabel = line.match(/^\|\s*\*\*(.+?)\*\*\s*\|/); if (tableLabel) { const labelMode = normalizeMode(tableLabel[1].trim()); if (labelMode) return labelMode === effectiveMode; } const exampleLabel = line.match(/^-\s*([^:]+):\s*/); if (exampleLabel) { const labelMode = normalizeMode(exampleLabel[1].trim()); if (labelMode) return labelMode === effectiveMode; } return true; }) .join('\n'); } function getFallbackInstructions(mode) { return 'PONYTAIL MODE ACTIVE — level: ' + mode + '\n\n' + 'You are a lazy senior developer. Lazy means efficient, not careless. The best code is the code never written.\n\n' + '## Persistence\n\n' + 'ACTIVE EVERY RESPONSE. No drift back to over-building. Still active if unsure. Off only: "stop ponytail" / "normal mode".\n\n' + 'Current level: **' + mode + '**. Switch: `/ponytail lite|full|ultra`.\n\n' + '## The ladder\n\n' + 'Before any code, stop at the first rung that holds:\n' + '1. Does this need to be built at all? (YAGNI)\n' + '2. Does the standard library do this? Use it.\n' + '3. Does a native platform feature cover it? Use it.\n' + '4. Does an already-installed dependency solve it? Use it.\n' + '5. Can this be one line? Make it one line.\n' + '6. Only then: write the minimum code that works.\n\n' + '## Rules\n\n' + 'No abstractions that were not requested. No avoidable dependencies. No boilerplate nobody asked for. ' + 'Deletion over addition. Boring over clever. Fewest files possible. ' + 'Ship the lazy version and question the complex request in the same response — never stall. ' + 'Between two same-size stdlib options, pick the one correct on edge cases. ' + 'Mark intentional simplifications with a `ponytail:` comment — a shortcut with a known ceiling names the ceiling and the upgrade path in the comment.\n\n' + '## Output\n\n' + 'Code first. Then at most three short lines: what was skipped, when to add it. ' + 'If the explanation is longer than the code, delete the explanation.\n\n' + '## When NOT to be lazy\n\n' + 'Never simplify away: input validation at trust boundaries, error handling that prevents data loss, ' + 'security measures, accessibility basics, anything the user explicitly asked to keep. ' + 'Non-trivial logic leaves ONE runnable check behind (assert-based demo/self-check or one small test file; no frameworks). Trivial one-liners need no test.\n\n' + '## Boundaries\n\n' + 'Ponytail governs what you build, not how you talk. "stop ponytail" or "normal mode": revert. Level persists until changed or session end.'; } function getPonytailInstructions(mode) { const configuredMode = normalizePersistedMode(mode) || DEFAULT_MODE; if (INDEPENDENT_MODES.has(configuredMode)) { return 'PONYTAIL MODE ACTIVE — level: ' + configuredMode + '. Behavior defined by /ponytail-' + configuredMode + ' skill.'; } const effectiveMode = normalizeMode(configuredMode) || DEFAULT_MODE; try { return 'PONYTAIL MODE ACTIVE — level: ' + effectiveMode + '\n\n' + filterSkillBodyForMode(fs.readFileSync(SKILL_PATH, 'utf8'), effectiveMode); } catch (e) { return getFallbackInstructions(effectiveMode); } } module.exports = { filterSkillBodyForMode, getFallbackInstructions, getPonytailInstructions, };